CasperJS : assertHttpStatus() : 301 works with slimer, not with phantom

Question

How do you check if there is a redirection with casper (+phantom) ? Try it :

casper.test.begin('\n********* check 301 : ***********', function(test){
    casper.start('http://www.linternaute.com/ville/rennes2/ville-35238', function(response){
        this.test.assertHttpStatus(301);    
    })
    .run(function() {
            this.test.comment('--- Done ---\n');
            test.done();
    });
});

It works with casper+slimer but not with casper+phantom.

curl -i http://www.linternaute.com/ville/rennes2/ville-35238

output : HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently

output casper+slimer : PASS HTTP status code is: 301

output casper+phantom : FAIL #current: 200, #expected: 301 -> issue?

Differences slimer/phantom -> When PhantomJS receives a redirection as HTTP response, it doesn’t call the onResponseReceive with the start status,slimerJS calls it

Does this mean that you have to wait with slimer until the redirect is resolved? As I unterstand, since the `start` callback is returned, the status should be 200. So I would see an issue with slimer. — Artjom B., May 07 '14 at 09:23
I think it should just return the http status code of the url, so `301`. Otherwise how could we test if there is a redirection; if we only get the final status code -after redirection-? It's strange because it works for them : [Redirection_301](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/casperjs/W0BsRe_i6aI) — Fanch, May 07 '14 at 09:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '14 at 16:35

Ok, for more information see Redirects not followed #442, if you still want to test 301, here a solution :

casper.on('resource.received', function(resource) {
    if(resource.url === 'http://www.linternaute.com/ville/rennes2/ville-35238'){
        this.test.assertEquals(301, resource.status);
    };
});

But I finally chose to test redirection in this manner (easier) :

casper.test.begin('\n********* check 301 : ***********', 1, function(test){
    casper.start('http://www.linternaute.com/ville/rennes2/ville-35238', function() {
        this.test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), 'http://www.linternaute.com/ville/rennes/ville-35238');
    })
    .run(function() {
            this.test.comment('--- Done ---\n');
            test.done();
    });
});

I just check the current URL correspond to my redirection... An object with properties 'openUrl' and 'urlRedirected' and it's okay -in a loop-...

CasperJS : assertHttpStatus() : 301 works with slimer, not with phantom

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